Maple Butter Twist Kuchen Food

MAPLE BUTTER TWISTS

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine 1-1/2 cups flour, sugar, salt and yeast. In a saucepan, heat milk and butter to 120°-130°. Add to dry ingredients; beat just until moistened. Add eggs; beat on medium for 2 minutes. Stir in enough remaining flour to form a firm dough. Turn onto a floured surface; knead until smooth and elastic, 5-7 minutes. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease top. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 70 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the first 7 filling ingredients; beat for 2 minutes. Punch dough down; turn onto a lightly floured surface. Divide in half; roll each into a 16x8-in. rectangle. Spread filling to within 1/2 in. of edges. Sprinkle with nuts. Roll up jelly-roll style, starting with a long side., With a sharp knife, cut each roll in half lengthwise. Open halves so cut side is up; gently twist ropes together. Transfer to 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans. Coil into a circle. Tuck ends under; pinch to seal. Cover and let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes., Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Combine the confectioners' sugar, maple flavoring and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over warm cakes.

MAPLE BUTTER TWIST KUCHEN

Steps:

• Dissolve yeast in warm water.
• Stir in milk, sugar, salt, eggs, shortening and 2 1/2 cups flour.
• Beat until smooth.
• Mix in enough remaining flour to make dough easy to handle.
• Turn dough onto lightly floured board; knead until smooth and elastic, about 5 minutes.
• Place in greased bowl; turn greased side up.
• (At this point dough can be refrigerated 3-4 days.) Cover and let rise in warm place until double, about 1 1/2 hours.
• Punch dough down.
• Divide dough in half, using 1/2 at a time.
• Roll dough into rectangle, 15"x9".
• Cream the filling ingredients together.
• Spread each 15"x9" rolled rectangle with 1/2 of the filling ingredients.
• Roll up, beginning at wide side.
• Pinch edge of dough into roll to seal well.
• Stretch roll to make even.
• With sealed edge down, shape into ring on lightly greased baking sheet.
• Pinch ends together.
• With scissors or sharp knife, make cuts 2/3 of the way through ring at 1" intervals.
• Twist each section on its side with the cut side out.
• Let ring rise until double.
• Bake 20-25 minutes at 350 degrees until top is golden brown.
• While warm, frost with icing.

FRUIT KUCHEN

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine flour, salt and sugar; cut in butter until mixture resembles cornmeal. Mix egg and milk; add to flour mixture., Press into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange fruit on crust. Combine remaining filling ingredients; pour over fruit. For topping, combine ingredients until crumbly; sprinkle over filling. Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until fruit is tender.

BUTTER KUCHEN

Steps:

• Dough directions:.
• Heat milk until lukewarm.
• Stir in the yeast and let sit for 5 minutes to soften.
• Mix in the sugar, butter, salt, and egg.
• Stir in 1 1/4 cups flour.
• The dough should be very soft and wet.
• If dough is too much like a batter then add in the extra flour. You want the dough to be soft and sticky though.
• Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise for about an hour.
• With floured hands, press dough into the bottom of an 8" cake pan making the edge slightly higher than the center.
• Cover and let rise for about 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, prepare the butter topping.
• Combine all the ingredients in the butter topping and mix well.
• Press the risen kuchen down slightly in the center so it will hold the butter topping.
• Pour the butter topping on top of the kuchen.
• Bake at 350°F for about 25 minutes.
• Let cool completely before cutting.
• The filling will still be runny and sometimes it will run all the way through to the bottom of the pan. It'll still taste good though.

BUTTER KUCHEN

Steps:

• Sprinkle yeast over warm water.
• Set aside.
• Heat next 4 items until sugar dissolves and butter melts.
• Cool to lukewarm.
• Add dissolved yeast.
• Set aside.
• In a large bowl add flour, eggs and yeast mixture.
• Stir until smooth and blended.
• Pour into a buttered 13 x 9 inch pan spreading dough even.
• Let rise in warm place 45 minutes.
• Mix rest of items well and sprinkle over top of dough.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes or until top is golden and syrupy.

MAPLE NUT TWIST

Steps:

• Spray counter, lightly, with non-stick spray. Combine 4 rolls to make a ball and roll into a 10-inch circle. Repeat with remaining rolls to make 2 more circles. Place circles on sprayed baking sheets. Cover dough circles with sprayed plastic wrap and let rest. In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients until well combined. Remove wrap from dough circles. Spread half of the sugar mixture over this circle. Moisten edges with egg wash*. Top with another dough circle and pinch edges together to seal. Spread remaining sugar mixture over this circle. Moisten edges with egg wash. Top with last dough circle and pinch together to seal. With scissors cut from outside edge almost to the center forming 8 pie-shaped wedges. Twist each wedge 2 times. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise 45-60 minutes. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan. Combine icing ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm twist.

MAPLE NUT TWIST

Steps:

• Spray counter, lightly, with non-stick spray. Combine 4 rolls to make a ball and roll into a 10-inch circle. Repeat with remaining rolls to make 2 more circles. Cover dough circles with sprayed plastic wrap and let rest. In a bowl, mix remaining ingredients until well combined. Remove wrap from dough circles. Place one on a sprayed baking sheet. Spread half of the sugar mixture over this circle. Moisten edges with egg wash. Top with another dough circle and pinch edges together to seal. Spread remaining sugar mixture over this circle. Moisten edges with egg wash. Top with last dough circle and pinch together to seal. With scissors cut from outside edge almost to the center forming 8 pie-shaped wedges. Twist each wedge 2 times. Cover with sprayed plastic wrap and let rise 45-60 minutes. Remove wrap and bake at 350°F for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes and remove from pan. Combine icing ingredients until smooth. Drizzle over warm twist.